The space provided by therapy is good and useful in many ways - a space to
think, reflect, feel, connect, disentangle and integrate and so much more to the
greater end of living a more enriching and fulfilling life. As well as the
immediate goal oriented solution focused aims many people specifically seek
therapy for.
Overall therapy is not a substitute for life though and beyond statistical
evidence gathering the real measure of change and growth is how clients are in
sessions, how they make changes and deal with challenges as life continues to
evolve.
Similar to meditation for instance where on first impressions it can be
thought of as a divorce of oneself from everyday reality, it actually serves to
connect you more. And arguably, therapy should be doing that for clients. What
constitutes change and process is always tricky as it can be very subtle but
hugely significant in the context of that person’s life. In the current climate
of evidence-based practice, what constitutes evidence and how are these
subtleties to be truly accounted for can and equally recognised is subject to
much heated debate. Crucially what it is the evidence being judged against?
Unashamedly naive and altruistic, however the success of therapy for me is
really about how I help my clients grow and live a more fulfilling life despite
the difficulties they have encountered in the past and or present time. This
intrinsically includes outcomes which forms part of narrow goal oriented way of
working such as brief solution focused. On the other hand, organic
transformative change involves an engagement and change on so many levels –
understanding of what influences their reactions and subsequent behaviour,
emotional intelligence, being, doing, feeling, articulation of thoughts and
feelings, physiological reactions, reflecting, assertiveness, etc, etc.
think, reflect, feel, connect, disentangle and integrate and so much more to the
greater end of living a more enriching and fulfilling life. As well as the
immediate goal oriented solution focused aims many people specifically seek
therapy for.
Overall therapy is not a substitute for life though and beyond statistical
evidence gathering the real measure of change and growth is how clients are in
sessions, how they make changes and deal with challenges as life continues to
evolve.
Similar to meditation for instance where on first impressions it can be
thought of as a divorce of oneself from everyday reality, it actually serves to
connect you more. And arguably, therapy should be doing that for clients. What
constitutes change and process is always tricky as it can be very subtle but
hugely significant in the context of that person’s life. In the current climate
of evidence-based practice, what constitutes evidence and how are these
subtleties to be truly accounted for can and equally recognised is subject to
much heated debate. Crucially what it is the evidence being judged against?
Unashamedly naive and altruistic, however the success of therapy for me is
really about how I help my clients grow and live a more fulfilling life despite
the difficulties they have encountered in the past and or present time. This
intrinsically includes outcomes which forms part of narrow goal oriented way of
working such as brief solution focused. On the other hand, organic
transformative change involves an engagement and change on so many levels –
understanding of what influences their reactions and subsequent behaviour,
emotional intelligence, being, doing, feeling, articulation of thoughts and
feelings, physiological reactions, reflecting, assertiveness, etc, etc.
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